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PHOENIX

a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period

The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.

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dislodgeto drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage
implyto express indirectly
satesatisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy
moleculethe smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property
fumbleto grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly
implicationsomething implied: such as
putativecommonly accepted or supposed
cohabitto live together as or as if a married couple
burnishto make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing
submissivesubmitting to others